MikeMaben Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 On 9/25/2018 at 2:29 AM, hamfists nz said: ‘scuse my ignorance but does this model have the Allison or Merlin? Merlin http://texasflyinglegends.org/index.php/project/lopes-hope-the-3rd-p-51c-mustang/ airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 thank you my friends, you are all too kind Target for tonight is the MN26C Tropicalised Radio Compass - I think this is the reciever part.. ...note all the cables & fittings, screws, the odd colour it is - it also has some lovely labels that had to be made as decals... now I thought I would get all clever with this and the other radios and reproduced them lovingly in 3D. As I wanted to start on them now, rather than pull a favour from friends to print them I joined Shapeways where I had seen others just get stuff printed on demand. I uploaded them, paid 60 euros for ultra fine plastic (which seemed horrifically expensive for three bits no more than a cm or two square) and waited for the postman.. ..on arrival I cleaned them up and primed them.. ..not too impressed actually - they seem to have quite a coarse 'waffle' effect like a raised grid across all vertical surfaces and the bigger details don't seem very crisp.. One other major flaw was down to me - I don't know how, or why but the MN26 part seen in the pic of Lopes Hope above is not tall enough... I toyed with living with it given that one part is the cost of a half decent kit, but I couldn't so started to make one.. ..I started by making the endplates, and the box from folded litho, bulked out with plastic to keep rigidity.. ..by scaling & printing the layout I can mark what goes where on the business end.. ..I then started to make up a kit of parts for all the details.. some of our airscale bezels, guitar string, wire from a busted laptop and odds & sods from my box of watch bits... ..then assembled those prior to priming & basecoat.. ..the rear just has a little clasp.. ..also added some feet from ali tube.. ..then spent a bit of time trying to mix a colour that looked right - I looked at originals that have been sold on ebay and the pics I have and arrived at a semi metallic shade of baby poop... ..and then added all the rest of the cables & decals.. ..I like it better than the other one and I have to say it was more satisfying to make thats it for now, got to see what I can do with the radios next... TTFN Peter Doctorgaz, Out2gtcha, Fooesboy and 17 others 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Wish I had something of substance to say that hasn't already been said...…..speechless! airscale and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Argudo Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 so cool Peter, even the little details like ink stamps, gotta love this build! cheers airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Anthony in NZ said: Wish I had something of substance to say that hasn't already been said...…..speechless! That's pretty much my reaction, too! Kev airscale and Anthony in NZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 1-0 to the humans! Hand crafting a it’s finest Peter... nuff said Torben daHeld, airscale, Troy Molitor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 There isn’t a 3D printer that can out do you my friend. Adding a 3D part to this epic build would almost feel like cheating yourself Peter. Lol. Well done as usual. Another awesome update. Troy. airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 8 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: Wish I had something of substance to say that hasn't already been said...…..speechless! 7 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: That's pretty much my reaction, too! Kev I second that - or third it or whatever. Incredible! Anthony in NZ, daHeld and airscale 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Yeah, no superlatives left for this one Peter.......outstanding work as usual! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 No doubt, you are better then any machine out there, Peter! Juraj airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Um.... Wow airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I would say Peter, whilst you are capable of making it yourself, do it! Much more enjoyable to scratchbuild it yourself daHeld and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) Fant-damn-tastic life-like modelling. Great stuff. Sincerely, Mark Edited October 6, 2018 by dodgem37 airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 4 hours ago, richdlc said: I would say Peter, whilst you are capable of making it yourself, do it! Much more enjoyable to scratchbuild it yourself +1 it's also way more enjoyable for me to watch!!!! airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NukerDan Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I honestly can't come up with an original word of praise for your work, so I'll just copy/paste this here: difficult to believe; extraordinary. synonyms: magnificent, wonderful, marvelous, spectacular, remarkable, phenomenal, prodigious,breathtaking, extraordinary, unbelievable, amazing, stunning, astounding, astonishing, awe-inspiring, staggering, formidable, impressive, supreme, great, awesome, superhuman; informalfantastic, terrific, tremendous, stupendous, mind-boggling, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping,out of this world, far out; literarywondrous "an incredible feat of engineering" airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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